Ithier of Arles

Ithier may have been from the Lyonnais, because this name is extremely rare in Provence but common in Lyonnais.[1] He would then be a follower of King Conrad I of Burgundy, who became suzerain of Provence in 949. Only a few elements of Ithier's life are known.

• 969 (1 March): Through an exchange with Count Boso II of Arles[lower-alpha 1], Count of Provence, Ithier acquires the ruined castrum of Sanctum Amantum. This is the origin of the village of Saint-Chamas.
• 970: The archbishop of Arles comes to Cruas to dedicate a chapel, under the invocation of Saint Michael, that a lady Gotolinde had just built on the site of a primitive church .
• 972: Ithier undertakes to revive the Saint-Césaire Abbey of Arles.[2]
• 973 (19 July): Teucinde of Arles obtains from Archbishop Ithier the concession of Saint-Hippolyte near Arles, to rebuild it, restore it, and own it with her nephew Riculfe, the Bishop of Fréjus, until the end of their days.[3]
• 976–978: During the conflict between Aymon of Valence, the Bishop of Valence, and a certain Achard, a synod excommunicates Achard in an edict solemnly deposited on the high altar of the Church of St. Trophime, Arles, intended for the Archbishop Ithier.
• Members of the Jewish community of the city manage part of the patrimony of the archbishop,[2]
• Ithier cedes the property of Goudargues to one of his proteges, Thibert.
• Ithier mints money explicitly signed in his name.[lower-alpha 2]
• Laugier of Nice receives from the Archbishop of Arles the villa Niomes and property in Busayrol, located in the county of Vaison. In 981, this gift was confirmed by Annon, successor of Ithier.

Between 965 and 972 Ithier was the only metropolitan of Provence. The prelates he appointed swore to him not only canonical obedience but also the oath of fidelity.[5] The coinage of Arles, in decline since the end of the ninth century, was resumed under his archiepiscopate with coins bearing his initials.[4][6]